Tool
BeeRef
Free OSS reference image board
About
BeeRef lets you quickly arrange your reference images and view them while you create. Its minimal interface is designed not to get in the way of your creative process.
Get the file for your operating system (Windows, Linux, macOS) from the latest release . The different Linux versions are built on different versions of Ubuntu. The should work on other distros as well, but you might have to try which one works.
Linux users need to give the file executable rights before running it. Optional: If you want to have BeeRef appear in the app menu, save the desktop file from the release section in ~/.local/share/applications , save the logo , and adjust the path names in the desktop file to match the location of your BeeRef installation.
MacOS X users , look at detailed instructions if you have problems running BeeRef.
Features
- Move, scale, rotate, crop and flip images
- Mass-scale images to the same width, height or size
- Mass-arrange images vertically, horizontally or for optimal usage of space
- Add text notes
- Pricing
- Open Source
- Pricing detail
- GPL free
- Platforms
- Windows macOS Linux
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